Bali Tourist Levy: Who Pays and Who Is Exempt

What the levy is and who has to pay

The levy is IDR 150,000, roughly USD 9, per person, paid once for the trip, not per day or per entry. It applies to foreign tourists and was introduced by Bali Provincial Regulation 6/2023, effective from 14 February 2024, and updated by Bali Provincial Regulation 2/2025. Payment is through the official Love Bali portal — name, passport number, email and arrival date — after which a voucher with a QR code is issued by email and shown on request.

Who is exempt, and how each exemption actually works

Exemption is not automatic for every long-stay category; some are shown at the gate and some require an application filed in advance.

• KITAS and KITAP holders — shown on request, no application needed.
• Diplomatic and official visa holders, and transport crew — shown on request.
• Family-unification and student visa holders — shown on request.
• Golden Visa holders — exempt, but must file an exemption request on Love Bali at least five days before arrival.
• Certain other non-tourist visa categories — exempt, but also require advance application; if in doubt, apply rather than assume.

If you live in Bali on a long-stay permit

Anyone who has just moved to Bali on a KITAS should not assume they are automatically flagged as exempt in every system that checks — carry the physical card, since exemption is checked visually at points such as temples and beach entrances rather than through a central database cross-check at the airport. An E33G remote-worker permit qualifies under the same KITAS exemption as any other long-stay permit.

What happens if you don't pay

There is currently no fine. A penalty of roughly ten times the levy was proposed in 2024 and did not become law. In practice, enforcement is by on-site checks at specific paid locations — temples, beaches, airport areas and the Nusa Penida crossings — where non-payers are refused entry to that site rather than fined or detained. Compliance has reportedly been low: only around a third of visitors paid in the levy's first two years, which is part of why enforcement has tightened rather than the fee changing. The regulation's stated purpose is to fund the preservation of Bali's culture and natural environment, not general provincial revenue — that is the government's own justification for both the fee and the proposed increase.

Where the levy is headed

Governor Koster has proposed raising the levy to somewhere between IDR 250,000 and IDR 500,000. As of this writing that increase has not been implemented — IDR 150,000 is still the figure in effect — but it is worth checking the current rate on Love Bali directly if you are budgeting for a trip some months out. A rate change would need a new provincial regulation, the same legislative route that created and later amended the current levy, so it would not simply appear overnight as an app update.

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